Insurance
Services may be covered in full or in part by your health insurance or employee benefit plan. The Center for Therapy & Counseling Services will check your benefit information and a tentative co-payment will be discussed with you.The Center for Therapy & Counseling takes care of all insurance billing. As long as your insurance company pays the claim, you will only be responsible for paying the co-payment. If, for any reason, the insurance company does not pay a claim, you will be responsible for the full fee. Therapist are "in-network" with Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Magellan, Medicare, MHN, United Healthcare, Value Options, Charles Nechtam/Oasis, Qualcare, MagnaCare, and others.

Other Services
Our hourly fee is $135. This is the charge for other professional services you may need, though we will break down the hourly cost if we work for periods of less than 1 hour. For example, a 15-minute phone call to your therapist would cost you $33.75

None of these services are covered by insurance.

Other services include:

report writing

telephone conversations lasting longer than 5 minutes

consulting with other professionals (with your permission)

preparation/photocopying of records or treatment summaries

letters (for example to probation, DCPP, schools, etc.)

completing forms (for example, disability, DCPP, school, etc.)

*Litigation - If your therapist is subpoenaed, or ordered by a court of law, to appear as a witness in an action or prepare documents, you will be expected to pay for all our professional time, including preparation costs, travel, or other time in which your therapist has made him/herself available, even if reports are requested by another party. The rate is $240 per hour for preparation for any legal issues. There is a minimum charge of three hours for Court appearances. Mileage is billed at 50 cents per mile. Copies of records are billed at $1 per page.

Cancellation Policy
If you do not show up for your scheduled therapy appointment, and you have not notified us at least 24 hours in advance, you will be required to pay a $45 missed session fee.